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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Anger as S. African airline lifts ban on hunting trophiesAnimal welfare activists on Thursday decried a decision by South Africa's national air carrier to reverse a ban on the transportation of hunting trophies.http://phys.org/news/2015-07-anger-african-airline-trophies.html
Ecology Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:46:43 EDTnews356881591Researchers find a way to identify key nodes in illegal wildlife trade network(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with affiliations to several institutions in the U.S. has found a new way to track import, export and connecting countries in the illegal wildlife trade network. As they describe in their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, their work may help identify ways to reduce such trade in order to help protect the animals involved.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-key-nodes-illegal-wildlife-network.html
Environment Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:30:01 EDTnews353664463Ecologists develop new method for mapping poaching threatsEcologists from the University of York, together with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), have developed a new method to better identify where poachers operate in protected areas.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-ecologists-method-poaching-threats.html
Ecology Fri, 22 May 2015 10:40:01 EDTnews351506924Tough laws 'not enough' to stop endangered wildlife tradeThe international wildlife trade is a major threat to various endangered animals across the world, but as western conservation groups seek stricter law enforcement over this practice, new research finds that tough laws are "not enough" to stomp out the trade.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-tough-laws-endangered-wildlife.html
Ecology Tue, 05 May 2015 08:20:01 EDTnews350031372Global summit in Botswana tackles illegal wildlife tradePoliticians, activists and conservation experts meeting in Botswana on Wednesday vowed to fight the booming illegal wildlife trade that is decimating populations of elephants, rhinos and other threatened species.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-global-summit-botswana-tackles-illegal.html
Ecology Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:17:32 EDTnews346497444Trophy hunting may be a key to saving wildlifeThe world may need to allow controlled trophy hunting of elephants, lions and other animals if it wants to keep its endangered wildlife, an environmental scientist says.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-trophy-key-wildlife.html
Ecology Wed, 25 Mar 2015 06:40:01 EDTnews346483321Time running out for wild African elephants: expertsAfrican elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-wild-african-elephants-experts.html
Ecology Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:30:04 EDTnews346321235Botswana hosts wildlife summits as elephants fight for survivalWildlife experts and officials from around 30 governments will gather next week in Botswana to confront the threat that wild elephants could be heading for extinction, due in part to Chinese demand for ivory.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-botswana-hosts-wildlife-summits-elephants.html
Ecology Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:00:01 EDTnews346140361Botswana warns over elephant deaths ahead of anti-poaching summitBotswana warned Tuesday that elephants were being killed at an "unsustainably high" rate as it prepared to host conferences on poaching of the animals later this month.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-botswana-elephant-deaths-anti-poaching-summit.html
Ecology Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:50:02 EDTnews345209558Modern methods lead the way toward a rhino reboundCutting-edge technology and techniques have become essential tools in the effort to save rhinos. Micro chips, translocation and consumer campaigns are helping shift the balance against record-setting poaching threatening the world's remaining rhinos.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-modern-methods-rhino-rebound.html
Ecology Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:40:02 EDTnews344586281Monarch butterflies rebound in Mexico, numbers still lowThe number of Monarch butterflies that reached wintering grounds in Mexico has rebounded 69 percent from last year's lowest-on-record levels, but their numbers remain very low, according to the World Wildlife Fund.http://phys.org/news/2015-01-monarch-butterflies-rebound-mexico.html
Ecology Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:53:19 EDTnews341581992Interpol announces special team to combat illegal ivory traffickingInternational police organisation Interpol announced Tuesday it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.http://phys.org/news/2014-10-interpol-special-team-combat-illegal.html
Ecology Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:16:07 EDTnews331917360South Africa rhino poaching toll jumpsSome 558 rhino have been killed in South Africa already this year, setting the country on course for a gruesome new record number of poaching deaths, wildlife officials said Thursday.http://phys.org/news/2014-07-south-africa-rhino-poaching-toll.html
Ecology Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:26:05 EDTnews324228347Global effort needed to stem elephant slaughterElephants will be wiped out in some parts of Africa unless more countries get involved in efforts to prevent poaching and ivory smuggling, according to wildlife regulator CITES.http://phys.org/news/2014-07-global-effort-stem-elephant-slaughter.html
Ecology Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:30:02 EDTnews324147970Wild things: crackdown on China's animal eaters fails to bitePorcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags—rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species.http://phys.org/news/2014-07-wild-crackdown-china-animal-eaters.html
Ecology Mon, 07 Jul 2014 04:40:01 EDTnews323926076Anti-poaching experts will gather amid upswing in illegal tradeHundreds of experts will gather in Geneva next week to discuss a "disturbing upswing" in the illegal wildlife trade, driven increasingly by ostentatious displays of wealth by the super-rich.http://phys.org/news/2014-07-anti-poaching-experts-upswing-illegal.html
Ecology Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:57:53 EDTnews323704663Urgent international action needed following elephant poaching statistics in MozambiqueUp to 900 elephants died in northern Mozambique over a three year period according to the latest results from an aerial survey. The survey, commissioned by WWF-Mozambique shows that between 480 and 900 elephants died in the area between 2011 and 2013.http://phys.org/news/2014-06-urgent-international-action-elephant-poaching.html
Ecology Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:10:03 EDTnews322382139Dozens of new flora, fauna species in Myanmar (Update)A dragon fish with intricate, maze-like markings on every scale, a frog with rough, chocolate-colored skin and a ginger plant are among more than two dozen flora and fauna species found in Myanmar since it emerged from a half-century of military rule and isolation.http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dozens-flora-fauna-species-myanmar.html
Plants & Animals Thu, 05 Jun 2014 04:31:02 EDTnews321161322Targeting enforcement where needed most in Africa's heart of biodiversityScientists seeking a more efficient way of protecting the heart of Africa's wildlife—the Greater Virunga Landscape—have developed a method to make the most of limited enforcement resources, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, Imperial College London, and the Uganda Wildlife Authority.http://phys.org/news/2014-03-africa-heart-biodiversity.html
Ecology Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:26:01 EDTnews315073551Using maths to save rare animals and plants from poachersEnvironmental scientists have developed a new, low-cost way to save rare animals and plants from poachers and plunderers – using maths.http://phys.org/news/2014-02-maths-rare-animals-poachers.html
Ecology Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:40:03 EDTnews312539442Rescuing backyard tigersSignificantly more tigers are in U.S captivity than are left in the wild. In fact, as many as 10,000 tigers, lions and other endangered big cats are privately owned in the United States, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).http://phys.org/news/2014-02-backyard-tigers.html
Ecology Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:17:45 EDTnews312023820Biologist's research helps protect rainforest monkey from illegal huntingResearch by University of Sussex environmental biologist Dr Mika Peck and environmental campaigners has helped to protect vulnerable populations of owl monkeys in the Peruvian rainforest from being illegally hunted and captured for use in medical testing.http://phys.org/news/2014-02-biologist-rainforest-monkey-illegal.html
Ecology Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:40:05 EDTnews311416815Britain's Charles and William urge end to illegal wildlife tradeBritain's Prince Charles and Prince William made a father-and-son appeal on Sunday for an end to the illegal wildlife trade, ahead of a major international conference in London.http://phys.org/news/2014-02-britain-charles-william-urge-illegal.html
Ecology Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:30:01 EDTnews311140619UN Security Council declares war on ivory poachers, traffickersThe United Nations Security Council is cracking down on ivory hunters and traffickers who finance armed groups in Africa in a new initiative that has been welcomed by conservationists.http://phys.org/news/2014-02-council-declares-war-ivory-poachers.html
Ecology Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:07:34 EDTnews310626437Newborn monkey is a real mummy's boyPictured clutching tightly on to mum, ZSL London Zoo's newest arrival is proving to be a real mummy's boy.http://phys.org/news/2014-01-newborn-monkey-real-mummy-boy.html
Plants & Animals Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:30:04 EDTnews309768996WWF: Europe needs to rid itself of illegal wildlife productsWWF and TRAFFIC strongly support today's decision by the Plenary of the European Parliament to adopt an EU Resolution on Illegal Wildlife Crime.http://phys.org/news/2014-01-wwf-europe-illegal-wildlife-products.html
Ecology Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:14:16 EDTnews309078847US bars sale, trade of white rhino hornsThe last remaining species of rhinoceros that is not endangered will receive new US protection due to an intensifying poaching crisis, federal wildlife officials said Tuesday.http://phys.org/news/2013-09-bars-sale-white-rhino-horns.html
Ecology Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:50:02 EDTnews298053127Togo police seize 700 kilos of ivoryPolice in Togo have seized 700 kilogrammes (1,540 pounds) of ivory in the capital city of Lome, the government told AFP on Thursday.http://phys.org/news/2013-08-togo-police-seize-kilos-ivory.html
Ecology Fri, 09 Aug 2013 04:47:17 EDTnews295242423Philippines finds huge hoard of endangered speciesFive dead crocodiles, 14 critically endangered turtles and a cache of other rare species have been found in the home of a suspected wildlife trader in one of the Philippines' biggest slums, the government said Friday.http://phys.org/news/2013-07-philippines-huge-hoard-endangered-species.html
Ecology Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:10:01 EDTnews292265561Tortoise trafficking raging out of control in MadagascarIllegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic proportions, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Turtle Survival Alliance, Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership, Turtle Conservancy, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and other groups who urge authorities to clamp down on wildlife smuggling before some species are collected out of existence.http://phys.org/news/2013-05-tortoise-trafficking-raging-madagascar.html
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